The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

Alia Muhammad Baker's library in Basra, Iraq, has been a meeting place for those who love books for the past fourteen years. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever.

In this incredible true story of a war-stricken country where civilians seem powerless in the face of battle, this feminist and inspirational tale about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us how, throughout the world, the love of literature can unite us all.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 09/24/2019
ISBN: 9780358141839
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 10.50h x 7.70w x 0.50d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 83517 / Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
Reading Level: 3.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5